Inference Endpoints by Hugging Face
endpoints.huggingface.coSummary
Hugging Face Inference Endpoints allow users to deploy and manage AI models from the Hugging Face Hub on dedicated, autoscaling infrastructure. It provides API access for various AI tasks, including text generation, image generation, and code generation, with options for enterprise-level security and compliance.
Features6/13
See allMust Have
3 of 5
Conversational AI
API Access
Enterprise Solutions
Safety & Alignment Framework
Fine-Tuning & Custom Models
Other
3 of 8
Image Generation
Code Generation
Multimodal AI
Research & Publications
Security & Red Teaming
Synthetic Media Provenance
Threat Intelligence Reporting
Global Affairs & Policy
PricingUsage-based
See allSelf-Serve
- Pay for what you use, per minute
- Billed monthly
- Email support
Enterprise
- Lower marginal costs based on volume
- Uptime guarantees
- Custom annual contracts
- Dedicated support, SLAs
PRO Account
- 8× ZeroGPU quota and highest queue priority
- 20× included credits across all Inference Providers
- 10× private storage capacity
- Spaces Dev Mode & ZeroGPU Spaces hosting
- Write and publish blog articles on your HF profile
- Dataset Viewer for private datasets
- Show your support with a Pro badge
Team
- SSO and SAML support
- Choose data location with Storage Regions
- Detailed action reviews with Audit Logs
- Granular access control via Resource Groups
- Repository usage Analytics
- Set auth policies and default repository visibility
- Centralized token control and approvals
- Dataset Viewer for private datasets
- Advanced compute options for Spaces
- All organization members get ZeroGPU and Inference Providers PRO benefits
Enterprise
- All benefits from the Team plan
- Managed billing with annual commitments
- Legal and Compliance processes
- Personalized support
Rationale
Hugging Face's Inference Endpoints directly align with the OpenAI Platform's core offering of providing API access to deploy and manage AI models. It explicitly offers API access for various models, including conversational AI (text generation), image generation (Diffusers), and code generation. The platform also highlights enterprise solutions with advanced security and compliance, and the ability to deploy custom models. While not explicitly stated as 'safety & alignment framework' or 'fine-tuning', the platform's focus on secure deployment and custom model handling implies capabilities that contribute to these areas. The support for various model types (Transformers, Diffusers, custom containers) indicates multimodal AI capabilities.
